Touch doesnt work on Touchbar, even after replacing it. (MacBook PRO 2019 (two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)

The screen of the touch bar works, I can see the options, but it wont register me touching it. I've tried restarting the agent and resetting SMC. After that didnt work I concluded that it must be an hardware issue and swapped the touchbar for a new one. Same issue. :((

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Sep 14, 2025 06:11 AM

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Sep 14, 2025 10:36 AM in response to DerSpany

DerSpany wrote:

The screen of the touch bar works, I can see the options, but it wont register me touching it. I've tried restarting the agent and resetting SMC. After that didnt work I concluded that it must be an hardware issue and swapped the touchbar for a new one. Same issue. :((


Take it back to Apple / AASP


On an Intel Mac the best you can do is both:


—resetting the System Management Controller Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support


—resetting NVRAM/PRAM Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

(hold to get at least three continuous rounds of the chimes when resting the NVRAM, no harm there)



try a safeboot and try again or take it in for repair


Touch doesnt work on Touchbar, even after replacing it. (MacBook PRO 2019 (two Thunderbolt 3 Ports)

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